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UK celebrities call on government to halt arms sales to Israel

# Pop star Dua Lipa joined some 300 UK celebrities in signing an open letter urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel, after similar pleas from lawyers and writers. Actors, musicians, activists and other public figures wrote the letter calling on prime minister Keir Starmer to end the UK’s complicity in, what they call, the horrors in Gaza. Other signatories include actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton and Riz Ahmed, and musicians Paloma Faith, Annie Lennox and Massive Attack.